Month: July 2022

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has given the green light to a new nuclear power station that’s expected to generate enough low-carbon…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and RASHID YAHYA Associated Press DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi Kurdish officials and Iraq’s military say at least eight…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Trump officials tried to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census in a move experts said would benefit…

By PAUL WISEMAN and MARÍA VERZA The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is putting pressure on Mexico over energy policies that…

By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press At least 16 homes have been destroyed and another five damaged as a two-day-old wildfire remained on the move near…

By MIKE ECKEL Associated Press SCHÖNAU AM KÖNIGSSEE, Germany (AP) — Hikers looking for rugged trails, soaring vistas and convivial evenings…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donations from Fidelity Charitable climbed 11% to a record $4.8 billion for the first half of…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For the uninitiated, outfitting a college dorm room can be a dizzying experience. Doing it at a…

By IVANA BZGANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Egypt and Serbia have agreed to boost political, economic and other cooperation as the…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Italy’s political turmoil is making life harder for the European Central Bank as…

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has resumed hot air ballooning over the ancient city of Luxor following a two-day hiatus after two tourists were lightly injured…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he’ll host leaders from across Africa for a summit in Washington in mid-December. The U.S.-Africa…

BERLIN (AP) — A court that was considering a case against Dieter Wedel, one of Germany’s best-known TV directors and scriptwriters, says that he…

By ALEX ROSENBERG of NerdWallet Medicare fraud is big business, and the COVID-19 pandemic has provided new opportunities for fraudsters. Fortunately,…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court has granted bail to a Muslim journalist more than three weeks after he was…

By KATIE TAM and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s annual book fair has kicked off with several publishers of political books…

By MILES BRANMAN Edmunds There are two key points within the life cycle of a vehicle: the introduction of a fully redesigned model and a significant…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative Party chose former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Reps. Elaine Luria and Adam Kinzinger, who will lead questioning in the closing summer hearing…

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When long-haul trucker Deb LaBree sets out on the road to deliver pharmaceuticals, she has…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s head office on Wednesday proposed that member states cut their gas use by 15%…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press SOMERSET, Mass. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced modest new steps to combat…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court says it has thrown out complaints against a ban on the use of subcontractors in slaughterhouses that was…

LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the United Kingdom has accelerated to a new 40-year high, driven by rising food and fuel prices that are contributing to…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says in a new report that despite an overall improved security situation in…

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Environmental criminals in the Brazilian Amazon destroyed public forests equal the size of El Salvador…

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s police say they have arrested at least two people after a 21-year-old American woman reported that she was…

By THANASSIS STAVRAKIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS PALINI, Greece (AP) — Nearly 500 firefighters struggled to contain a large wildfire that threatened…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria says it is formally breaking diplomatic ties with Ukraine in response to a similar move by Kyiv.  Syria is a strong…

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s record-breaking heatwave has spurred calls for the government to speed…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces have damaged a bridge that is key to supplying Russian troops in southern…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Installing an elevator doesn’t normally involve a 2,000-year plunge into an ancient…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi has won a confidence vote in the Senate,…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press SERRASTRETTA, Italy (AP) — From a rustic, tiny synagogue she fashioned from her family’s ancestral…